Breathing in Confinement

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May 12th, 2022

Teachers’ nationwide protest rallies; Detention of dozens of teachers in Yasuj as well as various other cities

12-May-2022 Newsgroup: Teachers – Breathing in Confinement: On May 12, 2022, concurrently with the teachers’ nationwide protest rallies in various cities, security forces raided the homes of dozens of teachers in the city of Yasuj, arrested them and took them to an unknown location.   On May 11, 2022, the employed and retired teachers gathered […]

May 12th, 2022

Reyhaneh Taravati arrested by security forces in Tehran

10-May-2022 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, May 9, Reyhaneh Taravati, a photographer and videographer, was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Monday, May 9, 2022, Reyhaneh Taravati, a photographer and […]

May 12th, 2022

Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee released from Amol Prison

10-May-2022 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, May 9, 2022, after spending two and a half years in prison, the political prisoner, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee was released from Amol Prison. She had been arrested again on November 9, 2019, for her new case opened against her while in prison.   According […]

May 10th, 2022

Arsham Rezaei goes on leave from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj

9-May-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners –   Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, May 9, 2022, the political prisoner, Arsham Rezaei, was sent on leave from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Monday, May 9, 2022, the civil activist, Arsham Rezaei, was […]

May 6th, 2022

Behnam Mossivand ended his hunger strike after 16 days

6-M.2022 News Group: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: After 16 days, on Thursday, May 5, the civil activist Behnam Mousavand ended his hunger strike at the hospital. According to the Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a civil activist Behnam Mousavand, ended his hunger strike at the hospital. […]

May 2nd, 2022

Ongoing pressure on teachers and their detention; Ali Haji was temporarily released and Latif Rozikhah was transferred to Jolfa Prison

2-May-2022 Newsgroups: Repression – Teachers – Breathing in Confinement: In line with the ongoing pressure on teachers and their repression, Ali Haji and Latif Rozikhah, the two Teachers’ Union activists in Jolfa, and members of the Board of Directors of the East Azerbaijan Teachers’ Union were arrested on May 1, during the teachers’ rally. Ali […]

May 2nd, 2022

At least 6 teachers arrested in a rally in Bushehr

1-May-2022 Newsgroup: Teachers – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, May 1, 2022, following the Coordinating Council of Teachers’ Unions’ call for nationwide rallies, the employed and retired teachers in various cities in Iran gathered in front of the cities’ Education Department Buildings. The teachers in Bushehr gathered in a high security atmosphere in the presence […]

April 30th, 2022

Four members of the Tehran Teachers’ Union were arrested on the eve of National Teacher’s Day

  30-April-2022 Newsgroups: Repression – Teachers   Breathing in Confinement: On the morning of Saturday, April 30, 2022, on the eve of National Teacher’s Day, four members of the Tehran Teachers’ Union were arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. Rasoul Bodaghi, Jafar Ibrahimi, Mohammad Habibi and Ali Akbar Baghbani were arrested […]

April 30th, 2022

The secret execution of four prisoners in Dastgerd prison in Isfahan

April 30 -2022 News Group: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: On April 21, 2022, four prisoners were secretly executed in Dastgerd prison in Isfahan. One of the prisoners had been charged with “drug related offences”.   According to the Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Thursday, April […]

April 30th, 2022

The secret execution of a prisoner in Dezful on charge of killing the commander of the Hussein Abad Police Station in Shoush

April 30 -2022 News Group: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: On March 3, 2022, after seven years in prison, the authorities of the Islamic Republic executed a prisoner in Dezful Prison on charge of killing the commander of the Hosseinabad Police Station in Shoush.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the […]